Emblem and process of manufacturing therefor



Jan. 3, 1928.

F. O. REHFIELD EMBLEM AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING THEREFOR Filed April13. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 30. Weir/Z224 14:10 r71 qy F. O. REHFIELDEMBLEM AND PRQCESS OF MANUFACTURING THEREFOR Jan. 3, 1928.

Filed April 13. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 a; 5 Inwentor 1. 0. Fair/764d,

Alto r71 9 Patented Jan. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES ERE o. REHFIELD, .oE NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

EMBLEM AND PROCESS or MANUFACTURING THEREFOR.

Application filed April 13, 1927. Serial lie-1 83,599

The present invention relates to an improved method or process ofmanufacturing emblems for the purpose of providing transparent indiciasuch as letters to be lit up at night so that names, sayings, and thelike may be readable in display windows and like places.

An important object of the invention lies in the provision of an articleand a process for manufacturing the same whereby cheapness and speed inmanufacture are obtained and efficiency and reliability in the articleare attained.

WVith the above and other objects in view as will appear asthedescription proceeds, the invention resides in certain. novel featuresof construction and in the process of manufacture thereof as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a plan view of the article after the second step in theprocess of manufacture,

Figure is a, transverse section therethrough taken substantially on theline 2-2 of Figure 1 Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the article afterthe third step,

Figure 4. is a top plan view of the article after the fourth step, i I

Figure 5 is a sectional View taken substantially on the line 55 ofFigure 4, p

Figure 6 is a plan'view of the finished article and Figure 7 is asectional View taken therethrough substantially on the line ,77 .of'

Figure 6. r

The first step in this improved process resides in the laying ofa pieceof cloth or fabric on a table or the like, the laying of a piece ofisinglass on top of the cloth or fabric and then the laying of apiece ofleatherette or the like on top of the isinglass or the like. The secondstep resides in embroider ing a frame bead 5 around the outer surfaceofthe leatherette 6, and through the isinglass 7 and thecloth 8. Thethird step consists in cutting outthe cloth or fabric lying inside theembroidering bead 5 as is illustrated in Figures 6 and 7. The fourthstep resides in the embroidering of each letter separately on the outeredge and through the leatherette and isinglass as is indicated at 9. Thefifth and final step consists of cutting out the forms of the lettersfrom the leather ette so as to'produce the article illustrated in Figures-6 and 7 of the drawings.

The purpose of the cloth or fabric is to form a frame, thereby holdingthe isinglass and leatherette in place, so that the letters may be cutout from the leatherette. Each letter and each frame is separatelyembroidered, and bypullingone stitch from the completed work, the wholeframe or letter will immediately pull out. By thus taking out theembroidering on the outer frame, the isinglass and leatherette can belifted from the cloth frame, and a new set of letters may be made up onother isinglass and leatherette and put on the old frame. The use of theembroidery stitch as described not only affords ease of assembly andease of disassem- 'bly as explained, but functions as a head to;

it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in thestatement of the invention and the above description. It is apparent,however, thatchanges in the details of construction, in the material, inthe combination and arrangement of parts, and the specific steps of theprocess may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope ofthe invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:'

1. As a new article of manufacture, a device of the class describedformed from a. sheet of cloth, a sheet of isinglass on the cloth, I anda sheet of. leatherette over the isin lass each of-a contrastino colorstitching holding together the three sheets, stitching of'a contrast-ingcolor from the sheets outlining indicia on the leatherette andisinglass, said leatherette being provided with an opening within theconfines of the last mentioned stitching and said cloth being providedwith an opening within the confines of the first mentioned stitching.

2. An article of manufacture formed from a plurality of sheets offlexible material. and it including a sheet of transparent materialinterposed between sheets of opaque material, each of said sheets beingof a contrasting color, stitching securing the sheets together anddefining the border of the transparent sheet and one of the opaquesheets, said other opaque sheet having an opening 1n the border,stltchlng of a contrasting color arranged on the surface of thefirstnamed opaque sheet and vextending through the transparent sheetandforming an outline for indicia of predetermined design, said first namedopaque sheet having an opening Withinthe confines of the last'naniedsheet and registering with the other opaque sheet.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FRED O. REHFIELD.

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